If you loved Drowning Love, try Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Yuki Yamato, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Drowning Love, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy is

Here's a film that makes you wonder what people get up to in apartment complexes. Hatsumi is blackmailed into a fake relationship with a rich neighbor. It turns out he actually likes her. The film is a pretty good primer on early-twenties romantic confusion.

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